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What made/ why was the continent of Africa comparatively less developed BEFORE the colonisation by the Europeans ?

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Who was the audience for older Hollywood musicals like "singing in the rain" and "the wizard of oz"?

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How were African slaves allowed to buy their freedom during the Colonial era?

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What were the South's primary motivations for seceding from the Union?

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Compared to powerful men today (Bill Gates, Obama, etc), how powerful was Rockefeller?

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How dangerous would it have been to be anti-slavery in the confederate states pre-Civil War?

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Love and Death by Woody Allen is a story based in czarist russia. It claims that men over 5'6' could own property and land with no hassle, men under 5'6' could only own land and men under 5'3'' needed special permission from the czar in order to own land. Is this true in any way shape or form?

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What did the people in 1865 think about the apotheosis of George washington?

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What was the reasoning for the Soviet Union helping Iraq so heavily in the Iraq-Iran conflict?

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Is John Muir the earliest example of modern conservationism and naturalism in North America?

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What made/ why was the continent of Africa comparatively less developed BEFORE the colonisation by the Europeans ?	4
Who was the audience for older Hollywood musicals like "singing in the rain" and "the wizard of oz"?	4
How were African slaves allowed to buy their freedom during the Colonial era?	4
What were the South's primary motivations for seceding from the Union?	4
Compared to powerful men today (Bill Gates, Obama, etc), how powerful was Rockefeller?	4
How dangerous would it have been to be anti-slavery in the confederate states pre-Civil War?	4
Love and Death by Woody Allen is a story based in czarist russia. It claims that men over 5'6' could own property and land with no hassle, men under 5'6' could only own land and men under 5'3'' needed special permission from the czar in order to own land. Is this true in any way shape or form?	4
What did the people in 1865 think about the apotheosis of George washington?	4
What was the reasoning for the Soviet Union helping Iraq so heavily in the Iraq-Iran conflict?	4
Is John Muir the earliest example of modern conservationism and naturalism in North America?	4